Pak: Woman arrested for forcing daughter to marry

Lahore: A woman in the eastern Pakistani city has been arrested for forcing her 11-year-old daughter to marry a man in his 40s.

Muhammad Niaz, resident of the thickly populated Ghorey Shah neighbourhood in Lahore called police on Saturday and complained that his wife Tasleem Kausar was trying to forcibly marry their daughter Farzana with a neighbour.

"The girl is reluctant to marry but her mother is insisting on the marriage. She has threatened to expel Farzana from the house," Niaz said.

Tasleem Kausar was allegedly forcing her 11-year-old daughter to marry a man in his 40s.